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ROBERT PAUL GARDINER
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
May 1, 1948 – July 4, 1969
Service recordRobert Paul Gardiner, of Anaheim, California, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 60
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Anaheim, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1969; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 60
- ROBERT ALLEN GRIFFINPrivate First Class · July 4, 1969
- ALFRED WILLIE HUBBARDSpecialist Four · July 4, 1969
- CHARLES FREDRICK HUGHESCaptain · July 4, 1969
- JOHN CHARLES JAVORCHIKCorporal · July 4, 1969
- THOMAS WILLENE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · July 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN CHARLES JAVORCHIKCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 60
- EPHRIAM RUTLEDGE LILES IIWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 21W, Line 61
- LANCE WILFRED STLAURENTSpecialist Five · Panel 21W, Line 63
From Anaheim
- JAMES LEAVELL PURSERChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 19, 1965
- JOHN VELCO FIORENTINSecond Lieutenant · November 23, 1965
- BOBBY JOE ALBERTONChief Master Sergeant · May 31, 1966
- DENNIS JOHN CULLENPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY MCCOMMONSPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- ROBERT FRANK VERNESPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- MAX ANDY LOPEZSpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- JOHN ALAN FRICKPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- DAVID WILLIAM LINNCorporal · May 7, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR NICHOLSONLance Corporal · May 14, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.